College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

It's not 'just the flu'

Maurine Neiman, a faculty member in the Department of Biology who lost her son to influenza, co-authored an opinion-editorial about the dangers of the influenza virus and and misplaced comparisons of the flu with COVID-19.
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Iowa surpasses Harvard, Princeton as No. 2 for writing

Monday, September 12, 2022
The University of Iowa is the No. 2 university in the country for writing, according to the latest rankings from U.S. News & World Report.

Q&A: What is 'critical race theory,' really? A new book tries to explain

Amid a nationwide debate over a once-obscure academic movement, UI Professor Victor Ray offers Americans a primer on its core concepts.

UI assistant professor awarded grant to study mirror technologies in telescopes

Monday, August 22, 2022
A University of Iowa assistant professor has received a grant from NASA to develop mirror technologies for X-ray astronomy.
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UI Stanley Museum of Art to celebrate dedication, grand opening

Thursday, August 18, 2022
Music and art will combine when the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art celebrates the dedication of its new building and inaugural exhibition, Homecoming, on Aug. 26-28.

Jaynes to serve on National Academies' Heliophysics Decadal Survey Steering Committee

Allison Jaynes, associate professor in the University of Iowa Department of Physics and Astronomy, has been selected to serve on the Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics) Decadal Survey Steering Committee, established by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. As a member of the committee, Jaynes will help will set NASA's priorities in solar and space physics for the next...
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'Mural' returns home to UI Stanley Museum of Art after world tour

Thursday, August 4, 2022
After nine years touring Europe and the United States, Jackson Pollock’s Mural is finally home in Iowa City, where it will be on view when the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art reopens Aug. 26.

International Writing Program resident longlisted for Booker Prize

Tuesday, July 26, 2022
International Writing Program (IWP) spring 2022 resident Shehan Karunatilaka has been longlisted for the Booker Prize, the world’s leading literary award for fiction, for his book The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida.
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Invasive species’ success may lie in living fast, dying young

Monday, July 25, 2022
The key to a successful invasion may lie in living fast and dying young. University of Iowa biologists studying a species of freshwater snail found that lineages that were the most successful invaders matured and reproduced more quickly than noninvasive counterparts within the species.
The BioBlitz takes place at the Ashton Prairie Living Laboratory next to the Hawkeye Commuter Lot and near the UI Ashton Cross Country Course.

Community assists Iowa research during BioBlitz

Monday, July 18, 2022
Members of the Iowa City community took part in the second annual BioBlitz on July 9 at the Ashton Prairie Living Laboratory.
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UI students receive degrees after spring 2022 semester

Wednesday, June 15, 2022
The University of Iowa awarded more than 6,100 degrees at the close of the spring 2022 semester.
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UI students named to dean's list for spring 2022 semester

Wednesday, June 15, 2022
More than 4,000 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the dean’s list for the 2022 spring semester.